Deep garnet-purple colored the 2009 Entity Shiraz displays vibrant aromas of warm cassis crushed blackberries and black cherries over a spicy undercurrent of nutmeg cloves vanilla and anise. Full bodied and rich in the mouth it is nicely poised with a medium level of very finely grained tannins and refreshing acid finishing long with plenty of dark fruit and spice layers. Approachable now it should drink best 2013 to 2023+. -Lisa Perrotti-Brown

This is a wine with a very pretty face. It's perfumed and fruity kissed seductively by smoky French oak and not at all dense - all its flavours seem up front and on show. Plums blackberries five-spice and beautiful polished high-class oak. Maybe it will age long-term but as a young wine I can't see it - I reckon this will drink best as a vibrant fruity charming youngster.